Wofford (33-23, 14-9) leapfrogged two teams in the standings on Saturday, beating host UNC Greensboro (33-17, 14-10), 14-8, to clinch the second seed for the Southern Conference Tournament.
The Terriers took control early for the second straight day, scoring five runs in the first inning and never trailing. Mike Brown led off the game with a triple and Brett Rodriguez followed with a double and Wofford was off and running. Brown finished with five hits.
The Terriers scored 10 runs in the third inning en route to an 18-10 win over Friday.
Wofford entered the weekend a half-game behind Mercer and UNC Greensboro, who shared second place. The series win over the Spartans, coupled with Furman's series win over Mercer, allowed the Terriers to craft their highest-ever finish in the SoCon's regular season.
NCAA Division II Southeast Regional:* North Greenville (45-9) advanced to the final round of the regional with an 8-3 win over Lincoln Memorial. The Crusaders will play Catawba, winner of the Newberry half of the regional, in a best-of-three series next weekend. The winner advances to the Division II College World Series in Cary, N.C. in June.
Utah Jones had four hits for the Crusaders, who have won 15 straight games.
Elsewhere:
* College of Charleston (36-19, 16-8) scored three unearned runs in the top of the ninth for a 5-2 win at Delaware (21-33, 9-15) to complete a series sweep. It was the Cougars' season-high eighth straight win.
* Closer Brett Kerry pitched into the seventh inning and Andrew Eyster hit two home runs as South Carolina (28-27, 8-22) clinched the 12th seed for the SEC Tournament with a 10-8 win at Mississippi State (45-11, 20-10).
Luke Berryhill also homered for Carolina, which built leads of 8-1 and 10-3 before the Bulldogs closed the gap and got the potential tying run to the plate in the ninth inning. Parker Coyne got the save by striking out three in the ninth.
* Spencer Yankle and Hunter Lipscomb drove in three runs apiece for Winthrop (31-21, 18-9) as the Eagles clinched a Big South Conference series with a 9-1 win at USC Upstate (23-29, 19-17).
* Furman (25-29, 13-11) clinched a winning record in SoCon play and a series win over Mercer (29-26, 14-10) with a 5-3 victory at Latham Stadium. David Webel, Jared Mihalik and Banks Griffith had two hits apiece for the Paladins. The teams will play again Wednesday in the first round of the SoCon Tournament in Greenville.
* The Citadel (12-42, 5-19), winless on the road this season until Friday, held on for a 3-1 win at Western Carolina (20-30, 8-16) to clinch a SoCon series win. Freshman Lathan Todd went the first six innings, allowing one hit. The teams meet again Tuesday in the play-in game of the Southern Conference Tournament.
* Zach Biermann homered and drove in five runs as Coastal Carolina (30-23-1, 15-13) beat Appalachian State (22-30, 13-16), 9-6, to finish above .500 in Sun Belt Conference play. The Chanticleers earned the fifth seed for the Sun Belt Tournament
* Wake Forest (30-25, 14-16) smacked out 18 hits in a 14-5 win at Clemson (33-23, 15-15) to salvage the finale of an ACC series. Grayson Byrd, Logan Davidson and Chad Fairey homered for the Tigers.
* Presbyterian (29-27, 16-11) hit four home runs, including two by Jonathan White, in a 15-6 win at Charleston Southern (21-34, 11-16) in the finale of their Big South Conference series.
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